USFWS National Digital Library

- Family enjoying refuge
- Aquatic environments; Children; Connecting people with nature; Leisure activities; Recreation; Wildlife viewing; Wildlife refuges;
- A family enjoys views of the water from a wooden catwalk.
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- Young boys showing off their catch
- Aquatic environments; Children; Coastal environments; Connecting people with nature; Crustaceans; Fishing; Leisure activities; Marine environments; Recreation; Wildlife refuges;
- Two young boys proudly show off the blue crab they caught!
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- Volunteers on air boat
- Aquatic environments; Connecting people with nature;
- Two young women wearing ear protection are driven to their volunteer destination via an air boat.
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- Volunteers planting marsh grass
- Connecting people with nature; Habitat restoration; Plants; Volunteers;
- Volunteers enjoy their work planting marsh grass at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Volunteer planting marsh grass
- Connecting people with nature; Habitat restoration; Plants; Volunteers;
- Young woman plants marsh grass at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Volunteers planting marsh grass
- Connecting people with nature; Habitat restoration; Plants; Volunteers;
- Volunteers plant marsh grass at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Volunteer planting marsh grass
- Connecting people with nature; Habitat restoration; Plants; Volunteers;
- Young man plants marsh grass at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Volunteers planting marsh grass
- Connecting people with nature; Habitat restoration; Plants; Volunteers;
- Young man wades through the water on hands and knees while planting marsh grass at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Volunteers planting marsh grass
- Connecting people with nature; Habitat restoration; Plants; Volunteers;
- Young women ready the marsh plants for planting at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Volunteers planting marsh grass
- Connecting people with nature; Habitat restoration; Plants; Volunteers;
- Volunteers work hard to plant marsh grass at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Volunteers planting marsh grass
- Connecting people with nature; Habitat restoration; Plants; Volunteers;
- Young woman plants marsh grass in the mud at Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Volunteer on air boat
- Aquatic environments; Reptiles; Connecting people with nature; Volunteers;
- Young woman holds a baby alligator while on an air boat.
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- Volunteers on an airboat
- Aquatic environments; Reptiles; Connecting people with nature; Volunteers;
- Two young women ride on an airboat with one of them holding a baby alligator.
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- Habitat restoration.
- Adults; Aircraft; Aquatic environments; Aviation; Boating; Boats; Ecosystem recovery; Employees (USFWS); Environmental quality; Environments (Natural); Habitat conservation; Habitat restoration; Law enforcement; Personnel; Resource management;...
- The National Guard provides support by placing christmas trees in critical areas for habitat restoration on the refuge.
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- Prescribed burn on the refuge.
- Fire management; Fires; Grasses; Grasslands; Habitat conservation; Habitat restoration; Landscape conservation; Prescribed burning; Resource management; Vegetation; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service;
- Prescribed burning is an important part of habitat restoration and management on Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge.
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- Replanting marsh grass.
- Adults; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Banks; Connecting people with nature; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Environments (Natural); Habitat conservation; Habitat restoration; Landscape conservation; Plants; Resource management;...
- A group of women volunteers helping to replant marsh grass on the refuge.
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- Job satisfaction.
- Adults; Aquatic environments; Aquatic plants; Banks; Connecting people with nature; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Environments (Natural); Habitat conservation; Habitat restoration; Landscape conservation; Plants; Resource management;...
- A young woman is noticeably happy to be doing work to help the refuge restore habitat.
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- Bayou Sauvage Ridge Trail Before Katrina093
- Deciduous Trees; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Environments (Natural); Plants; Public access; Scenics; Tourism; Trees; Vegetation; Weather impacts; Wildlife refuges;
- A peaceful setting at the refuge shot before hurricane Katrina.
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- Bayou Sauvage Ridge Trail After Katrina093
- Buildings, facilities and structures; Climate effects; Deciduous Trees; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Environments (Natural); Foliage; Habitat fragmentation; Plants; Pollution cleanup; Soil degradation; Structures; Trees; Vegetation;...
- Hurricane Katrina delivers damage to the Ridge Trail and the rest of the refuge.
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- JOE Madere Ridge Trail Before Katrina (13)
- Deciduous Trees; Ecosystem recovery; Environmental quality; Environments (Natural); Plants; Public access; Scenics; Tourism; Trees; Vegetation; Weather impacts; Wildlife refuges;
- A peaceful setting at the refuge shot before hurricane Katrina.
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